Patrick Hoyle, 33, was convicted of DUIs in 2004 and 2007, according to court records.

He is running in the 2014 Republican primary for the third district to replace Whitlock, who resigned as constable in December 2012.

Whitlock agreed to a plea deal after shooting Tammie Ortiz as she left the parking lot of a Walmart in southwest Jefferson County. Ortiz was suspected of shoplifting, although she was never charged.

“Everyone has a past,” Hoyle said. “I freely admit to mine. We learn from our mistakes, we move on.”

Hoyle was pulled over on March 17, 2004, after a Louisville Metro Police officer said he “appeared to be playing cat and mouse with another motorist, possibly over road rage,” according to Hoyle’s arrest citation.

The officer said Hoyle “was swerving erratically in between other cars and slamming on brakes,” according to the citation.

He was found guilty of DUI, fined and had his license suspended for 30 days, according to court records.

His second arrest came on Sept. 3, 2007, when a Louisville Metro Police office said he attempted to “race (the) officer at (a) stop light,” according to his citation.

The officer claimed Hoyle said “Someone’s going to die tonight,” when he was stopped, according to the citation.

He was again found guilty and fined, this time losing his license for two years, according to court records.

“I used to drink way too much,” he said. “I was an alcoholic.”

Hoyle said those experiences gave him unique insight.

“It’s one of those things, in a way, it takes one to know one,” he said. “…We pick up on things, and having that understanding is actually a benefit as far as that goes, not a detriment.”

Hoyle touted his business experience as the operator of a laser hair removal company, which he fouend in 2000 and sold in 2007. His ownership of that company, Epicure Laser Removal, was confirmed in Kentucky’s secretary of state business records.

He now works in logistics and supply chain management, he said.

He has been sober for almost two years and helps others struggling with addiction, he said.

If elected constable, he would promote neighborhood watch programs, he said.